Amid the ongoing economic fallout of Trump's tariffs, Jen Psaki is joined by Senator Elizabeth Warren to discuss the profound impact on American families, as well as Congress's ability to revoke the president's authority. They also discuss how widespread outrage over Trump's agenda has mobilized thousands to take to the streets in protest. Later, fired former pardon attorney Elizabeth Oyer and Rep. Jamie Raskin join to discuss the DOJ's intimidation tactics aimed at silencing Oyer before she testified in a "shadow hearing" led by Raskin and Senator Adam Schiff.Check out our social pages below:https://twitter.com/InsideWithPsakihttps://www.instagram.com/InsideWithPsaki/https://www.tiktok.com/@insidewithpsakihttps://www.msnbc.com/jen-psakihttps://bsky.app/profile/insidewithpsaki.msnbc.com
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OK, the first thing I should tell you tonight is that Senator Elizabeth Warren is standing by here in the studio. She was one of the most powerful voices calling for accountability during the financial crisis. She has not been quiet since then.
And whenever there's madness around the American economy, in my view, there's no one more effective at explaining what the heck is happening and what can be done about it than Senator Warren. She's going to join me in just a few more minutes. The other thing I should tell you about is that Donald Trump is doing his very best to play it cool right now.
He wants you to believe, he wants all of us to believe that he has everything under control, even things that are very much out of control. His behavior kind of reminds me a bit of an arsonist who's pretending there is no fire when he's the guy who threw the match and lit the actual fire. I mean, his actions caused the market to plummet.
His actions have caused people to worry about their retirement savings and how much everything is going to cost. Of course they are. And he's doing everything possible to pretend like none of that is happening. Like there is no fire at all. I mean, the guy took a long weekend. Good for him, I guess. Spending time at two different resorts he owns in Florida.
He appeared at a Saudi-backed live golf tournament, and he played some golf of his own. He even posted a video of himself golfing on social media, as if to make absolutely certain we all knew where he was and what he was doing. There he is. That's the video. Nothing to be concerned about, everyone. I am so relaxed while the market tanks that I am playing golf and hanging with my Saudi buddies.
A White House official described the optics of a president hitting the links while the economy was in free fall as, quote, going to a birthday party after a friend has surgery. A little weird, but that is one way to put it, certainly. Then this morning, Donald Trump's message to the American people was telling them not to be weak, not to be stupid. We got this, America. Don't be wussies.
And it's not even just him. I mean, his fellow arsonists, whether they knew it or not, had a pretty clear message for the American people this weekend when they were out on Sunday talk shows. Let them eat cake. Here's Treasury Secretary Scott Besson.
What is your message to Americans who want to retire right now and who've just seen their lifetime savings drop significantly?
I think that's a false narrative. Americans who want to retire right now, the Americans who have put away for years in their savings account, I think they don't look at the day-to-day fluctuations of what's happening.
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